Behavioral Health Technicians Manager
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Job Description
Behavioral Health Technicians (BHT’s) Manager
Job Type: Full Time | Days
Schedule: 5x8, Days, 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM
Your Experience Matters
El Dorado Springs is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others.
As a Behavioral Health Technicians Manager joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.
More About Our Team
El Dorado Spring Behavioral Health 106 private or semi-private bed facility located in Tucson, AZ, and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone your experience matters.
How you'll contribute
A Behavioral Health Technicians Manager who excels in this role:
- Assists with developing specific departmental goals, standards, and objectives which directly support the strategic plan and vision of the organization.
- Manages staff relations including performance management, staff satisfaction, and conflict management.
- Perform and oversees scheduling, staff development, recruitment, payroll, and student engagement.
- Monitors departmental budgets, regulatory compliance, departmental contracts, and vendor relations.
- Determines and justifies needs for systems/equipment/supplies purchases, monitors usage, and oversees proper working order and/or stock supplies.
- Creates and fosters an environment that encourages professional growth.
- Ensures department stays focused on their important role in the continuum of care.
- Have regular and reliable attendance.
- Position serves both internal co-workers and external customers, clients, patients, contractors, and vendors.
- Exhibit a comprehensive understanding of healthcare regulatory and compliance.
- Skilled in the application of policies and procedures.
- Manages the work of others, including planning, assigning, scheduling and reviewing work, and ensuring quality standards.
- Responsible for hiring, terminating, training and developing, reviewing performance and administering corrective action for staff.
- Always exhibit the company’s core values of champion patient care, do the right thing, embrace individuality, act with kindness, and making a difference together.
- Other duties as assigned.
Why Join Us
We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position
also offers:
- Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
- Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
- Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
- Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
- Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.
What We're Looking For
Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree in psychology, Social Work, Business Administration, or related field from an accredited school required, three years of behavioral health experience and One year of leadership/management experience.
Additional Requirements Include
- Certifications: CPR and de‑escalation certification required within 30 days of employment and prior to any patient contact.
- Experience: Three years of behavioral health experience and One year of leadership/management experience.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in psychology, Social Work, Business Administration, or related field from an accredited school required.
More About El Dorado Springs Behavioral Health
El Dorado Springs Behavioral Health is a behavioral health hospital located in Tucson, Arizona, providing acute inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use treatment for adults and seniors across Southern Arizona.
The hospital offers a full continuum of care, including inpatient psychiatric stabilization, medically assisted detox (MAT), Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). These programs are designed to support individuals experiencing acute mental health symptoms, substance use disorders, or co‑occurring conditions in a safe, structured environment.
El Dorado Springs features a state‑of‑the‑art facility with over 100 private and semi‑private rooms, providing a secure and therapeutic setting focused on comfort, dignity, and healing. Patients receive 24/7 medically supervised care, evidence‑based therapy, medication management, and comprehensive discharge and aftercare planning.
Accredited by The Joint Commission and certified by CMS, El Dorado Springs Behavioral Health is committed to delivering relationship‑centered, evidence‑based care that improves outcomes and supports long‑term recovery.
Driven by a mission to help individuals regain stability and wellness, our multidisciplinary team works collaboratively to provide compassionate care while fostering a supportive, safety‑focused workplace culture for our staff and patients alike.
EEOC Statement
" El Dorado Springs Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. El Dorado Springs Behavioral Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier.
Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities.
We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.
Key Responsibilities
The Behavioral Health Technicians Manager oversees departmental goals, staff performance, and scheduling to ensure high-quality patient care. They are also responsible for managing budgets, regulatory compliance, and the professional development of the behavioral health team.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, business administration, or a related field. Additionally, the role requires three years of behavioral health experience and one year of leadership or management experience.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Psychiatry Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 70% have no call, 38% require no weekends.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Behavioral Health Technicians Manager at Lifepoint Health a 8.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Psychiatry (Behavioral Health Tech) — ranked against 156 active Psychiatry (Behavioral Health Tech) listings on WeekdayDoc.
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